English

hair dryer

From hair + dryer.

A compound of hair + dryer

Proto-Germanic *hērą

Proto-West Germanic *hār

Old English hǣr

Middle English her ‘a hair’

English hair

Middle English driere

English dryer

Today it means

noun A handheld electric device for drying hair by blowing hot air on it.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hair dryer